[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR385.101]

[Page 1006]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 385_SAFETY FITNESS PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart B_Safety Monitoring System for Mexico-Domiciled Carriers
 
Sec. 385.101  Definitions

[67 FR 12771, Mar. 19, 2002]


    Compliance Review means a compliance review as defined in Sec. 
385.3 of this part.
    Provisional certificate of registration means the registration under 
Sec. 368.6 of this subchapter that the FMCSA grants to a Mexico-
domiciled motor carrier to provide interstate transportation of property 
within the United States solely within the municipalities along the 
United States-Mexico border and the commercial zones of such 
municipalities. It is provisional because it will be revoked if the 
registrant does not demonstrate that it is exercising basic safety 
management controls during the safety monitoring period established in 
this subpart.
    Provisional operating authority means the registration under Sec. 
365.507 of this subchapter that the FMCSA grants to a Mexico-domiciled 
motor carrier to provide interstate transportation within the United 
States beyond the municipalities along the United States-Mexico border 
and the commercial zones of such municipalities. It is provisional 
because it will be revoked if the registrant is not assigned a 
Satisfactory safety rating following a compliance review conducted 
during the safety monitoring period established in this subpart.
    Safety audit means an examination of a motor carrier's operations to 
provide educational and technical assistance on safety and the 
operational requirements of the FMCSRs and applicable HMRs and to gather 
critical safety data needed to make an assessment of the carrier's 
safety performance and basic safety management controls. Safety audits 
do not result in safety ratings.